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Digital Satellite TV A clear explanation of all aspects of worldwide digital satellite TV. This completely rewritten 5th edition of the classic book Ku-Band Satellite TV is expanded with sections on the Internet and data transmission, digital modulation methods, video and audio compression, MPEG-2 and DVB standards and much more.
Author: Frank Baylin Paperback: 480 pages Company: Baylin Publications (1997-03-01) ISBN: 0917893220 List Price: $60.00 Amazon Price: $60.00 Used Price: $40.96 Digital Television, Third Edition: Satellite, Cable, Terrestrial, IPTV, Mobile TV in the DVB Framework  Digital Television is as an authoritative and complete overview that describes the technology of digital television broadcasting. It gives you a thorough technical description of the underlying principles of the DVB standard and the various steps of signal processing. Also included is a complete technical glossary of terms, abbreviations, and expressions that gives you quick reference. Now in it's 3rd edition, Digital Television, this book is completely up-to-date with standard and new technologies including: - DVB and DVB-S2 - IPTV - Mobile TV DVB-H - HDTV - High Definition formats 1080i and 720p - Compression including MPEG, H.264, and VC-1 If you are looking for a concise technical briefing that will quickly get you up to speed without getting lost - this is the book you need. KEY BENEFITS * Enhance your knowledge of digital television with this authoritative, technical introduction * Learn underlying priciples of the DVB system, compression technology, IPTV, Mobile TV, and more * Understand analog and digital formats and signal processing from transmission to reception Author: Herve Benoit Paperback: 304 pages Company: Focal Press (2008-02-04) ISBN: 0240520815 List Price: $49.95 Amazon Price: $38.57 Used Price: $32.95 Digital Satellite TV Handbook  The Digital Satellite TV Handbook and companion CD-ROM will serve as your complete interactive course in the new digital satellite TV technologies. This textbook, which provides a comprehensive overview of all the digital satellite TV platforms currently in use world-wide, includes the essential satellite coverage maps and transmission parameters that readers will need to receive digital TV services from any location around the world. It also presents those aspects of digital video compression and high definition TV that are of the highest relevance to installers, technicians, and other satellite professionals working in the global direct-to-home (DTH) satellite TV industry. The Digital Satellite TV Handbook analyzes the hardware requirements of digital DTH receiving systems by comparing and contrasting the new digital TV technologies with earlier analog TV transmission systems, so that readers can readily grasp all of the details required to make the transition from the analog era of yesterday to the new all-digital world of the future. The Digital Satellite TV Handbook is based on the author's extensive experience as an instructor for private corporations and trade associations around the world. To facilitate the learning experience, the author has included a series of "Quick Check" exercises and answer keys so that readers can determine for themselves whether or not they have adequately understood the various course segments provided. Mathematical formulas that are relevant to course content also are presented at the end of each chapter. Best of all, the companion CD-ROM version of the Handbook, which may be opened by any Internet browser software program, contains numerous Internet hyperlinks. Readers can click on any textbook hyperlink to immediately access hundreds of additional pages of supplementary information from the world-wide web or obtain information updates concerning the current operations of satellite system operators and digital TV programmers around the globe. The CD-ROM also gives readers access to full-color versions of all the textbooks, footprint maps, charts and other illustrations. A graphic-intensive training manual "Quick Check" exercises in each chapter Mathematical formulas relevant to each chapter's content Author: Mark Long Paperback: 207 pages Company: Newnes (1999-07-22) ISBN: 0750671718 List Price: $78.95 Amazon Price: $78.95 Used Price: $61.33 Digital Television at home: Satellite, Cable and Over-the-Air: Using, controlling and understanding digital TV technologies.  How digital television works, and how to get the most out of it. This book is basic enough so that no previous background is needed. The most detailed chapters, however, provide enough detail to satisfy even a technically sophisticated audience. In accessible language, it describes how to upgrade an existing home entertainment system to digital television, how satellite and cable TV works, and it describes the core technologies involved. It also looks closely at the DVB and ATSC video protocols and how they are used in satellite, cable and over-the-air TV broadcasting. It even provides enough detail for the computer hobbyist or home theater specialist to get involved in building or modifying a digital video system of his or her own.Author: Gregory Dudek Paperback: 312 pages Company: Y1D books (2008-04-29) (2008-04-29) ISBN: 0980991501 List Price: $28.95 Amazon Price: $18.09 Used Price: $20.90 Digital Communications Systems: With Satellites and Fiber Optics Applications  Unique in scope and content, this book incorporates all the major topics related to digital communications into a single volume. It examines, in some detail, the three mediums utilized in digital transmission--line-of-sight, satellite and optical fibers. Features practical examples of system design. Noise in Communications Systems. Voice Channel Digital Processing. Digital Radio. Line-of-Sight Microwave Links. Communications Satellites. Satellite Earth Stations. Satellite Access. Satellite Links. Optical Fiber Communications. Optical-Fiber System Analysis and Design. System Measurements and Performance Evaluation. Elements of High Definition TV. For practicing Digital Communications engineers, engineers in other disciplines intending to enter the Digital Communications field, Scientists, Technical Managers, and Technologists.Author: Harold Kolimbiris Hardcover: 466 pages Company: Prentice Hall (1999-09-16) ISBN: 0130815438 List Price: $138.20 Amazon Price: $65.00 Used Price: $3.17 Television Receivers: Digital Video for DTV, Cable, and Satellite  All-the-answers guide to television receivers For the best handle on the brave new world of 21st century TV receiver design, specification, installation, and maintenance, look to Television Receivers, from leading expert Jerry Whitaker. This insider's guide explains what's new in receivers, making a complex subject manageable, accessible, and understandable. With its focus on changes and advances in TV receiver technology, this primer is a professional essential, with enough coverage of technological fundamentals to give you solid footing in new areas so you can: Digital Satellite Services: Installation and Maintenance  The most complete guide to installing and servicing digital Satellite Systems-- the fastest-growing home entertainment technology since tv itself Packed with easy-to-master tips and techniques on: Setting up DSS equipment; Siting and positioning the dish; Mounting the dish on any surface; Installing and grounding coax cable; Prewiring new homes for satellites and multiple TVs; Advising your customers on the powerful advantages of DSS service; And much, much more!Author: Robert L. Goodman Hardcover: 283 pages Company: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics (1996-05-01) ISBN: 0070242046 List Price: $39.95 Amazon Price: $38.75 Used Price: $6.36 Digital Satellite Communications (Mcgraw-Hill Communications Series) Author: Tri T. Ha
Hardcover: 680 pages Company: Mcgraw-Hill (Tx) (1990-03) ISBN: 0070253897 List Price: $59.95 Amazon Price: $117.50 Used Price: $117.00 Digital Satellite Communications (Information Technology: Transmission, Processing and Storage)  The book addresses the study and design of efficient and flexible physical layers for broadband mobile and fixed satellite links. The chapters focus on long-term developments addressing advanced physical layer techniques for braodband communications, fixed and mobile terminals, and 4G evolutions with possible convergence betwee different technologies. The book provides a unified view of services and applications, fundamental theories, channel coding, modulation, synchronization and parameter estimation, distortions and countermeasures, diversity techniques, multiplexing and multiple access schemes, and software radio. Hardcover: 533 pages Company: Springer (2007-05-25) ISBN: 0387256342 List Price: $129.00 Amazon Price: $96.76 Used Price: $104.29 Digital Communications by Satellite (Prentice-Hall Information Theory Series) Author: James J. Spilker
Hardcover: 672 pages Company: Prentice Hall (1977-02) ISBN: 0132141558 List Price: $88.00 Amazon Price: $95.00 Used Price: $14.49 |